COURT SUSPENDS RE-ARRAIGNMENT OF FORMER ABIA GOVERNOR ORJI UZOR KALU
A Federal High Court in Abuja has suspended the re-arraignment of former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, over an alleged N7.1 Billion money-laundering charges.
The re-arraignment was suspended pending the resolution of the legality of the retrial charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Inyang Ekwo also granted the former Governor and Senator leave to challenge the legality of the retrial of the charges levelled against him.
The court consequently fixed February 23, 2021, for his mention hearing.
Recall that Kalu was earlier found guilty and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Lagos State High Court.
The trial court convicted him alongside his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and a former Director of Finance in Abia State, Jones Udeogu, for allegedly stealing about N7.1billion from the State treasury.
On May 8, 2020, Eons Intelligence reported that the supreme court revoked his conviction and ordered his retrial by the EFCC, stressing that the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Idris, was already elevated to the Court of Appeal, as at the time he sat and delivered judgement against the former Governor.
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